Before They Could Vote: American Women's Autobiographical Writing, 1819–1919Sidonie Smith, Julia Watson The life narratives in this collection are by ethnically diverse women of energy and ambition—some well known, some forgotten over generations—who confronted barriers of gender, class, race, and sexual difference as they pursued or adapted to adventurous new lives in a rapidly changing America. The engaging selections—from captivity narratives to letters, manifestos, criminal confessions, and childhood sketches—span a hundred years in which women increasingly asserted themselves publicly. Some rose to positions of prominence as writers, activists, and artists; some sought education or wrote to support themselves and their families; some transgressed social norms in search of new possibilities. Each woman’s story is strikingly individual, yet the brief narratives in this anthology collectively chart bold new visions of women’s agency. |
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... tell Leggins to come to him . I did so . He came , and Major Cochrane told me to tell him that he wanted him to tell which of the Bannock men were the worst , or which was the leader in the war . Leggins told him , and counted out ...
... tell Leggins ; but he would not speak to me , neither would my brother Lee . I told him all and went away . When I got back , the captain asked me what he said . I told him he would not speak to me . " Did you tell him what I told you ...
... tell , I generally answered her questions with- out reserve . At the arrival of our guests I sat close to my mother , and did not leave her side without first asking her consent . I ate my supper in quiet , listening patiently to the ...
Contents
An Authentic Statement of the Case and Conduct | 23 |
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs Mary Jemison | 37 |
The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena | 124 |
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